Differentially coherent phase shift keyed digital demodulating apparatus

ABSTRACT

A digitally implemented demodulating system for use in detecting a multitone differentially coherent phase shift keyed received signal. A plurality of reference tones are sequentially generated and separated into in-phase and quad-phase components. These components are multiplied by the input signal and stored in a plurality of accumulators equal to twice the number of received tones to obtain the X and Y components of each received tone. Substantially the same circuitry is then used to measure the phase of each received tone with respect to a test angle after which the reference is updated to have the same phase as the received tone in preparation for the next detection operation. Recovery of the detection information is obtained by testing the polarity of the X and Y accumulators.

Unlted States Patent 1151 3,675,129 Melvin 1 July 4, 1972 54] DIFFERENTIALLY COHERENT PHASE 3,371,279 2/1968 Lender ..178 67 SHIFT KEYED DIGITAL 3,341,776 9/1967 Doelz et al.. ....178/67 3,289,082 11/1966 Shumate ..325/320 DEMODULATING APPARATUS 2,980,858 4/1961 Grondin et al ..178/69.5

inventor: William J. Melvin, Costa Mesa, Calif.

Assignee: Collins Radio Company, Cedar Rapids,

Iowa

Filed: May 13, 1970 Appl. No.: 36,742

Primary Examiner-Robert L. Richardson I Assistant Examiner-Peter M. Pecori [5 7] ABSTRACT A digitally implemented demodulating system for use in detecting a multitone differentially coherent phase shift keyed received signal. A plurality of reference tones are sequentially generated and separated into in-phase and quad-phase components. These components are multiplied by the input signal and stored in a plurality of accumulators equal to twice the number of received tones to obtain the X and Y components of each received tone. Substantially the same circuitry is then used to measure the phase of each received tone with respect to a test angle after which the reference is updated to have the same phase as the received tone in preparation for the next detection operation. Recovery of the detection information is obtained by testing the polarity of the X and Y accumulators.

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1. The method of detecting the phase shift of a given frequency received signal comprising the steps of: generating a local reference signal of said given frequency; phase shifting the local reference signal to produce in-phase and quad-phase components; multiplying said in-phase and quad-phase components by said received signal to obtain X and Y product components of the received signal with respect to the local reference signal; storing the product of the multiplication in X and Y registers; multiplying the quadrature components of a pi radians phase test angle by the product components stored in the X and Y registers; subtracting one product from the other adding a lesser positive or negative radian magnitude to the phase of the test angle signal in accordance with the polarity of the subtraction difference; repeating the multiplication, subtraction, and addition N times to a desired degree of phase measurement accuracy for obtaining a final test angle signal; and updating the phase of the local reference signal by the test angle signal.
 2. The method of detecting the phase shift of a received data signal with respect to a past Data period comprising the steps of: detecting first and second phase components of a received signal with respect to a reference signal; generating a digital number updating signal by comparing and adjusting the phase of a test signal with the detected phase components of said received signal; and digitally adding said updating signal to a digital number representation of said reference signal for updating said digital number representation of said reference signal converting said digital number representation of said reference signal from a phase to amplitude signal to produce said reference signal in updated form for detecting further input phase shift data.
 3. The method of claim 2 wherein the generation of the updating signal comprises the following steps repeatedly and sequentially N times: multiplying a given test angle by the first and second components; subtracting one product from the other; modifying the phase of said test angle in accordance with the polarity of the difference result of the subtraction.
 4. Apparatus for detecting the phase shift of a received signal with respect to the phase of a periodically phase updated reference signal comprising, in combination: reference means for providing a periodically digital number updated reference angle signal; phase to amplitude signal conversion means connected to said reference means to provide said periodically phase updated signal; input means for supplying a received signal to be phase detected; detection means, connected to said input means and said conversion means, for supplying two phase separated component signals indicative of the phase of the input signal with respect to the reference angle; first and second storage means for temporarily storing the two phase-separated signals; test angle generating means, connected to said storage means, for providing a first digital number signal indicative of the phase angle of the received signal; and updating means connected to said generating means and said reference means for updating the digital number reference angle signal by the amount of said first signal from said generating means.
 5. Apparatus as claimed in claim 4 comprising, in addition output means for providing a second signal indicative of the phase shift of the received signal with respect to the previously received signal.
 6. Apparatus as claimed in claim 4 wherein the two-phase separated signals of said detection means are separated by 90 degrees and include polarity bits and comprising, in addition, output means for determining the phase shift of said input signal in accordance with two polarity bits of said phase separated signals.
 7. Apparatus as claimed in claim 4 for detecting a plurality of N tones comprising in addition: N detection means; means for storing N periodically updated reference signals to be retrieved sequentially for use with each detection means in sequence; and means for sequentially connecting said test angle generating means and said updating means to said N detection means and said reference means respectively to determine the angle of each of the N tone received signals and then to update the respective reference angle signal corresponding to that tone.
 8. Apparatus as claimed in claim 4 wherein said test angle generating means comprises: means for supplying a test angle Alpha ; means for multiplying and subtracting the two phase-separated signals by said variable test angle Alpha in accordance with P Y cos Alpha - X sin Alpha where P is the polarity of the answer and X and Y are the phase-separated signals and are separated by 90* and supplying the signal P for N times; and means for modifying the test angle Alpha in accordance with the polarity of P each of N times.
 9. Apparatus for detecting the phase shift of a received data signal with respect to a past data period comprising, in combination: means for detecting the phase of a received signal with respect to a reference signal and supplying an output indicative thereof; means, connected to said last named means, for generating a phase representative digital number updating signal by comparing and adjusting the phase of a test angle signal with the detected phase components obtained by the last named means; means for digitally adding said updating signal to a digital number representation of said digital number representation of reference signal for updating said reference signal means for converting said digital number representation of said reference signal from a phase to amplitude signal to produce said reference signal in updated form for detecting further input phase shift data.
 10. The apparatus recited in claim 9 wherein the means for generating the updating signal comprises: mean for multiplying the test angle signal by first and second components of the received signal; means for subtracting one product from the other; and means for modifying the phase of said test angle signal in accordance with the polarity of the difference result of the subtraction.
 11. Apparatus as recited in claim 10 wherein the test angle originally supplied by said means for multiplying is pi radians and where the means for modifying the test angle changes the angle by one-half the previous change starting with pi /2.
 12. The method of updating a digital number representation of a reference angle signal utilized in a digital system for demodulating a phase variant signal wherein the reference angle signal is updated prior to each detection period comprising the steps of: supplying a digital number representation of a reference angle signal; measuring the angle of the output detected signal wherein the measurement result is a digital number directly indicative of the phase angle as a percentage of a full cycle of 360 electrical degrees; and adding the result in digital number form to the previous representation of a reference angle signal also expressed as a digital number which is directly indicative of the phase angle as a percentage of said full cycle, phase to amplitude signal converting of said digital number representation of said reference angle signal to provide said reference angle signal.
 13. Demodulating apparatus comprising, in combination: first means for supplying an input signal to be demodulated; second means for supplying a reference signal at an output thereof wherein said second means includes input means to accept phase updating correction signals; first and second detection means, connected to said first and second means, for supplying two 90* phase separated digital signals indicative of the quadrature components of the input signal with respect to said reference signal; first and second storage means for storing the output signals from said first and second detection means respectively wherein the stored signal is a digital signal directly indicative of the phase angle of said input signal with respect to said reference and to a full 360* electrical cycle; third means for supplying periodic and sequentially smaller test angle signals for phase measurement purposes; fourth means for storing the accumulated test angle; fifth means, connected to said third and fourth means for passing signals from said third to said fourth means, and for incrementing the test angle signal phase magnitude stored in said fourth means in accordance with the polarity of an input supplied thereto; comparison means, connected to said fourth means and said first and second storage means, for comparing the output signals stored in said first and second storage means with the signal stored in said fourth means and supplying an output signal to said fifth means indicative in polarity of the comparison result; and sixth means for supplying a signal to said input means of said second means indicative of the final accumulated test angle stored in said fourth means for phase updating the reference signal in said second means. 